Ruby

Ruby had taken a few breaths of the ocean air as she had walked onto the docks on the sixteenth floor, she hadn't explored this floor at all and it certainly filled a hole in Ruby's heart as this scent was one that left her own memory. This scent reminds her of home, her father used to go fishing as a hobby and would occasionally bring both her mother and Ruby herself to go onto a fishing trip... however they never had ships as fancy as these are. Ruby could feel a bit of jealousy as she had continued to look at all the ships... however a the ever growing question had been festering in her mind trying to figure out how much a ship like this would even cost both in the real world and in this one. However with a bit of a breathe she had figured it had time to stop looking around at all of the ships and get back to business which was the growth of level Ruby needs to accomplish.

However as she had turned from the ocean she had looked to see a purple haired woman chase green crystal players, Ruby had looked forward with a bit of a blink thinking to herself "Why in the world are green players in a bit of a chase right now?" she had pondered the moment, however she had broke back to the world once one of them had grabbed onto her hair "H-hey, I am not apart of you bus-" before she could finish speaking he had moved her in front of the purple haired player. The player had slammed into her back, as she had been stopped the player had then pushed them backward. Ruby had tried to stabilize her balance, however she had failed and the two had fell to the ocean. As she had submerged underwater she had looked over to the other player and grabbed her arm to make sure she was going to make it to the surface and she herself had began to swim to the surface. 

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Ruby had stepped down from the floor teleporter on the second floor and looked around, she had come to this floor to finish some quests she had not quite finished just yet to gain more Skill Points and frankly to just grow more in levels for the frontlines. There had been one more quest that she could think of that she didn't finish on this floor and to be frank, she needed to grow a bit more hopefully before the next boss, however she was at a good enough level to be useful to the entire cause. With a puff of air she had looked around the area, she had needed to find a woman that is panicking about her child, however she hadn't seen the woman... perhaps walking around town might get her close to the woman with time? She was quite unsure, however how else was she going to find the woman. With a few steps Ruby had began to look around the town.

@Pinball @Froppy

Ruby had looked in front of a mirror in her hotel room on the twenty-first floor, she had sighed a bit looking at herself. She had thought over a lot of things that had been happening, her past came back looking for her, she had been forced to build down the sneaking path... a breakup, changing her looks back to her original form. It had been a wild ride, mostly though it had been weeks if not months since her break up, and she had began to feel a bit lonely if not just upset about it all stacking up at once. She had simply shook her head and walked out of her hotel room and out of the building onto the streets of the main settlement of the twenty-first floor, looking around pondering on the thought on what to do today. A quest had came to her head, however doing it alone always sucks.

@Zandra

Ruby had blinked a few times hearing Hestia's response, then said out to her "Well when you say it like that it makes sense, you play me out to be some sort of scholar Ember." she had let out a playful giggle. After her comment had ended about not expecting to see a place like this in the wastelands Ruby had looked over and spotted a Beastman, Ruby almost immediately had grew a somewhat sour look on her face. "Why the hell is a enemy like him here? I understand the fact that they are all over the place because of a war, however that doesn't mean evil needs to find themselves in the most peaceful places..." Ruby had then looked back to Hestia which had looked at her, Ruby had simply looked forward with a saying out to Hestia in a volume where only she could hear her: "There is no way we can just let evil find themselves in the only places of peace. He must be removed."

@Hestia

Ruby had simply puffed out a breath of air, thinking to herself, there had been a bit of quests she had needed to complete on this floor, and the floors below this one... however she had been ignoring the overly cold floor of floor four, if she could control it she wouldn't dare step on that floor. However with a shake of her head she had opened her inventory and read over the message she had received from a player about all the different quests that she would need to complete, and she had simply played the picking and choosing path when it comes to growth of her own level... she didn't need to grow in levels, however she just needed a lot of skills to become a bit more useful to other people. She had simply let out a breathe of air before saying to herself "Man I got quite the list of quests that I need to do..." she had placed her hand on her cheek and her elbow on her knee looking forward once again.

@Embers

Ruby couldn't just feel only a bit creeped out with how this area had looked, if it wasn't for the fact that anyone could defend themselves in this game she would have done asked Hestia to leave, however she presses on to get to the bottom of things. Ruby had turned her head to face Hestia and she had slightly smiled a little bit but after a moment she had completely lost her when making a comment like that, Ruby simply had replied to her "Excuse me what, I don't quite get what you are trying to say. You completely lost me." she had admitted. After a short walk they had managed to find a spot that completely Ruby was shocked to see, Ruby had looked around and saw basically life in the baren wasteland, she had blinked and looked over seeing some form of animal, Ruby was a bit speechless seeing something like this, however after a moment she had spoke out "Well... I certainly wasn't expecting to find something like this in our travels."

@Hestia

Ruby had squinted her eyes as she had listened then replied "Well what did you expect when seeing a wasteland like this? Happiness and rainbows? NPC's waiting to greet you with eager anticipation? I doubt a wasteland equals anything good, even in a video game." she had giggled. After a brief moment they had continued into the forest, Ruby had snapped her fingers and Purobolos had turned to his smoke form that had circled around Ruby's feet, a someone easy trick they have been using to keep him out of eye sight at least from a distance. Ruby had looked around the forest, and it had looked exactly as she thought it would after a war, it looked as if 17 different battles had happened in one single area before moving to the next, Ruby had let out a puff of air thinking to herself how the beginning floors were innocent enough, and now Ruby and Hestia had walked on land more barren than Fallout 3*, without a soul or a real monster to be found.

@Hestia

*a game designed to be empty.

Ruby had let out a somewhat complaining sigh as she had said that there would be a lot of thinking under investigation then with a playful whine "But Ember.... do we have to..." she had let out a sigh. Purobolos had floated behind her and gave the back of her head a slap, Ruby had looked over to Purb with a somewhat angered look saying "I'll complain all I want Purb you got it?" she had growled, Purobolos simply letting out a goblin like chuckle in response. Ruby eventually returned back to Hestia and listened, Ruby had scratched her head a bit and said out to her "Well judging how many families never returned in World War 2, it seems like it only makes sense for a war as gigantic like this that many would never return. Only makes me think if the war began on day one, and we are seeing the aftermath of not coming up here in time. Just...  a theory I suppose. I could be wrong." she had tried to think of other things then saying "What we got in our hands is a broken community and race, not too quite sure how repairable it really is."

@Hestia

Ruby had thought about it for a moment, sure a council could continue a civilization... however it just seems kind of odd, and unstable without someone to rule them all... however perhaps they could've adapted to a government system quickly or at least a voting comittee... but... the question is, where are they? Perhaps they are the floor bosses here trying to take their land back? Ruby had sighed a bit, this had been a lot of thinking, thank god she had totally been spacing out during the boss... it would've led to a world of headaches for her. Eventually she had shook off all her thoughts and said out to Hestia "Anyways! Lets stop thinking about it before too many headaches come up." she had nervously giggled, however eventually she had walked up behind Hestia as she had inspected the blade marks on the stone, Ruby had placed her hands on her hips and leaned down saying "Geez I wonder who caused all these blade marks around..."

@Hestia

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Ruby had rubbed the back of her head nervously saying out to her "Yeah... you could say I was a bit out of it... to be frank I kind of zoned out during the whole thing... I guess I can consider myself spared from Shield's theory about things..." she had let out one final nervous chuckle. However eventually she had got herself back together and asked out to her "Well... if the queen is dead, how is a stable community happening in the Underdark? Wouldn't it just be absolute anarchy without some form of government system or a ruler?" she had questioned, she doesn't know much about the floor that they were on, all she had knew is some war had happened and it had created the wasteland that you see today. After a moment Hestia had moved over in attempts to find something, perhaps a hidden chest or something but exclaimed that nothing had been over there, Ruby had giggled playfully and said out "The real treasure of Aincrad is over here, don't need special stats to find me."

@Hestia

Ruby had looked over in the direction in which Hestia had pointed towards, she had let out a hum questioning why in the world he would be over there... however it doesn't seem like a spot most people could find the guy in. She had looked back over to Hestia and nodded her head to continue to follow behind her and it wasn't long until everyone had grouped together and speak things over, Ruby honestly had kept her mouth shut around this time, she didn't have much of a opinion to give as she was more of a follower than anything else. Looking at the group she also said out "Could it also be possible that he might have some secret allies on his side? After all a good villain never works alone, I feel like we just need to do the safest thing here and be cautious about it instead of invading his territory." she had given out her own opinion however she was going to leave it to her partner in this situation Hestia, she would simply agree to whatever she agrees to do.

- Ruby will vote for whatever Hestia votes for.

Ruby had giggled seeing a bright smile coming from Hestia, it was definitely a sight to see for Ruby a smile that could even make Ruby herself smile, however she is her sister after all, nothing more. She had looked back forward and looked over to Purobolos which had returned back to Ruby, "Find anything my little monster?" she had asked out to him, Purobolos had did a movement where it had said "yes and no", Ruby had let out a questioning hum and looked over to Hestia as she had begun to speak, Ruby had pondered about her words for a moment looking down then back to her "So... it could be possible that that mans wife was drafted perhaps that many men were dwindling that could fight? That's kind of scary to even think about, do you think the queen is still around herself even?" she had spoke with a little bit of concern. She had turned back to Purobolos and asked out to him "Did you see any living elves out there?" Purb immediately grew a dumb look as he shook his ball body no, Ruby had got a little mad at him and said "Hey, it was only a question, dont have to treat me like I am an idiot for asking a question."

@Hestia

Ruby had thought about it for a moment, she wasn't really wrong about that... she had looked to her and said "Well, its very well possible that there could be more of them hiding out there, but trying to find them wont be easy. Especially if a lot of them are hiding in the shadows, my chances of finding people are good, but not that good." she had confessed out to her, but she did straighten herself and said "However I am not opposed to attempting to find such people to get more information about this so we can come back to this place knowing the information, and who knows maybe it would be extremely beneficial for us to know such things. Knowledge is power after all, but..." she had turned around and looked over to Hestia with a smile "Knowing is half the battle." she had then said "We wont let the others perish, I know we can be successful in at least doing those things, how many could we find? Well, if the computer wants it could be a infinite number, but the pleasure is still there."

@Hestia

Ruby had let out a victory chuckle saying out to her "Now thats the cutie I know! Always down for adventure." she had giggled. However Hestia's next words had brought Ruby to a bit of attention figuring out where to go, Ruby had placed her hand on her cheek and said out to her "Wwwweeelll... neither option sounds really the best, the ruins is basically a bloodbath at this point, both forest areas don't sound too friendly and safe and I doubt we would be able to find anything just in the middle of a wasteland..." she had let out a hum looking over to the side then back to Hestia "Maybe pointlessly walking towards a place would be a good thing for us to do when we can't decide what to do. Worst comes to worst we just have to figure out a camp situation for the night, unless you are too scared to sleep with sexy ole me." she had playfully giggled.

@Hestia

Ruby in her newish outfit found herself on the fifth floor today hoping to finish up some of the last few quests that she needed to do on this floor, it wasn't many however there is a good chunk of quests she hasn't completed fully yet. She had spent a good portion of time re-exploring the area as it had been a minute since she had been on this floor before... however she had been feeling a bit more sweaty. She had found a bench to sit on and removed the hood from her head puffing out her chest and letting out a breathe in a form of a whistle wiping her head with her forearm "Man I forgot how hot this floor can be... I am sweating up a storm!" she had exclaimed out to herself as she had opened her inventory to pull out a water bottle and drink from it, however not drinking the full thing. A trail of red smoke just circling around her feet as Purb remains in his smoke form rather than his ball at the current moment.

@Embers

Ruby had watched as he had slowly walked up to Hestia's palm and take the ring saying out not in anger but more so in anger. However after his were exchanged that simply was the end of it all, Ruby had frowned a bit and looked over to Hestia as she had asked out a question, Ruby had smiled a little bit and said "There will be those people that go through the 5 stages of grief. He lost the love of his life now he is in the first stage, however I doubt the game will let us see the rest of his stages." she had looked over to see he had faded away from their visuals and she had said "Come on Ember, we got a whole wasteland to get to the bottom of it all, sure the quests are locked out for us but nothing can stop us from exploring on our own time to find some answers that we want to find. Perhaps we could find how the war all started somehow up there... maybe at least." she had stepped in front of her and leaned her head forward saying "What do you say?" she giggled.

@Hestia

Ruby eyes had widened a bit as Hestia moved forward to hug her gently, however a smile grew on Ruby's face and she had returned the hug wrapping her arms around Hestia. Ruby had petted Hestia's pet and roamed her fingers through her hair as she had spoke, trying to at least calm her down in that sort of way since... its probably her best bet to making her feel better about things since her words didn't exactly fully work. After she had let go and grabbed onto the ring Ruby had looked at Hestia with a warm smile and placed a hand on her shoulder saying out to her "I may not be able to feel as you do, however I know you wont let something like this happen again, I know you will be stronger for any situation that happens. That's the cute Ember I know of." she had giggled. After Hestia had gotten herself together Ruby had followed up behind Hestia until the two eventually walked up to the dark elf to report what had happened, Ruby had placed her hand on Hestia's shoulder again and said "However we have extracted revenge... if its any consolation, I understand if it cannot be one."

@Hestia

Ruby had looked back to Hestia and let out a tiny sigh, she was a bit sorry for what she had said to her, sure she had felt like she had been beating herself up for something she just couldn't control. Ruby had just felt like you couldn't beat yourself up too much for something you couldn't of fixed, but... I guess there had been just a bit more to this all. Ruby had un-clenched her fist and looked down at the ring and took a breath. Ruby had looked over to Hestia and said to her "I am sorry Hestia, I am just looking at this at some sort of way to make you feel a bit better saying that it was out of your control... but I suppose I just don't think and feel as you do." she had moved her hand with the ring towards her "If you want to be the one to report it to him then be my guest... however I can still give it to him if you want me to." she had said with a caring tone, she couldn't think and feel like her so instead of trying how she would handle the situation, she would just follow how she would want to deal with it.

@Hestia

Ruby had blinked a few times saying out to her "You aren't the reason to why she died, again you couldn't control what tricks that they had up their sleeves, your Howl only works for normal attacks and you cant block them from attacking with a Area of Effect. Could you please stop talking such nonsense?" she had asked with a bit of a annoyed tone as she had continued to state that it was her own fault. She had felt a little nervous and concerned, however she just needs to get through her mind she cannot stop area of effects, especially when its someone we couldn't heal. When it comes to actual players she would be able to do a better job especially with first aid, but when its against all odds, it makes Ruby a little mad that she continues to accept that its her own fault. However she had just sighed and kept moving forward to the staircase, walking down back into the underdark where the rest of the dark elves had stayed below the surface.

@Hestia

Ruby had looked to Hestia as she had backed from from the hug, but had noticed that she had still been tearing up and replied with a bit of a broken voice, Ruby had felt a little bad though... even though she just couldn't quite get the connection of losing a already almost dead NPC to a player... however she could see some connections and she had thought that it would be best to just not interfere with it. Ruby had kept the ring in the palm of her hand clutching onto it hoping that she wouldn't see it and get any more bad vibes from it, heading back out and back into the wastelands she had looked to Hestia and said "Maybe it would be best for me to report it myself, I don't think you are quite in a place emotionally where you could do so." she didn't really have much of a sweet tone, it was more... concerned? As she just wanted her to feel a lot better than what she had been feeling however, she knew she just couldn't help the mood or at least she just failed to see how she could make it any better.

@Hestia